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Like a lot of folks here, I have a soft spot for Remington 760/7600 pumps. Being left-handed doesn't hurt. I've owned a few, but I think the Remingtons don't get much respect. They'll never be a Dakota 76 or a Cooper with a nice piece of Circassian walnut, but they do grow on you. The one below (a 7600 in .30-06) has been with me for awhile; it's on its second barrel and stock and groups almost as well as a bolt rifle. Safety was reversed and the trigger was tuned in the Rem custom shop (when they still did that stuff). I added a Zeiss 4X Conquest in Leupold rings and base (rings were lapped slightly) and I'm good to go for most anything I could be looking for afield. I bought it in the FT Bragg PX years ago for $115.00. It's probably my favorite rifle.

One thing I never cared for was the impressed checkering. I finally fixed that last year and had someone re-cut the stamped checkering by hand; now it looks pretty good and the checkering actually works as intended. Not a custom rifle, but custom-tuned, I guess.
Bob



Close-up of the recut (22 lpi) checkering


Top group was fired with 150 grain Fusion. Bottom, some LC GI Match loaded with 168 grain hollowpoints. Not bad.

Thats cool!

Never heard of anyone shooting out the barrel on one of those!

Interesting story on that, Jim. When I bought this, I was assigned to the 82nd Abn Div scout/sniper program years ago. We trained infantrymen to shoot M-1 Garands (pulled out of mothballs) to hit targets out to 500 meters (they all had Weaver K4 scopes mounted in a side mount). I bought this rifle because we literally had a tractor trailer rig full of LC match and ball at our disposal to shoot up. After the students were gone, we daily shot a couple of hundred rounds (or more) for fun. My rifle had over 18,000 rds through it when I sent it back to Remington. They re-barreled it, fitted a new buttstock (it had several cracks), tuned/rebuilt the trigger and reversed the safety in the custom shop for free. When I contacted them about a rebuild, they told me I had the record for number of rounds fired through a Remington pump. They were very interested in examining my barrel. I kept a log of the number of rounds fired during that period.
Bob

I picked up a nice Model Six not long ago in trade. Not sure what I need it for or if I'll keep it, but it does kinda grow on you. I remounted the vintage Redfield in Burris rings and the same base you have. Puts my eye right behind the scope as opposed to the chin weld I had with the see-throughs it came with.

Cool!!!

That's impressive as heck. Not much one can't do with that rifle.

I've never owned one, but many people in my deer camp do.

My dad has shot around 40 deer with his probably, and he swears by it. Although as he ages he says it's starting to feel a little heavy to him.

He is extremely proficient with it.

-Jake

This Remington is going to be with me on the annual 24 Hour Campfire pig hunt next March. Should be a killing machine.
Bob

Very nice

That's a beautiful rifle Bob. I'd like to take a look at it at the pig hunt.

Roger that. What's neat is that the recut checkering came out so well that I'm considering having an older 1100 Rem redone, also. It looks like the laser-cut checkering that's coming out of the Rem custom shop now.
Bob

I think they are great rifles and have owned a few, but only one at this time, a 760 .30-06 carbine. I'm going to hijack long enough to ask a question of those that might know: why did Remington not but factory sling swivel studs in these rifles when they were obviously to be used for hunting?

Man, you did all that for an 'obsolete' cartridge ?





The CUT checkering does look good. I never liked the
Pressed Basket Weave style either.

Jerry

The 760 BDLs with the basket weave "checkering" are my favorite style of the 760/7600/SIX pump gun.

Very cool thanks for sharing this with us, 18,000+ rounds is no joke..........

Remington Model 760 the rifle the Benoit clan has used to kill truckloads of deer.

I too have a fondness for 760's and 7600's and have owned several of each over the years. My biggest regret was letting a 7600 35 Whelen go. The latest acquisition (an early Christmas present from my youngest son) is a MINT condition 7600 embellished receiver 30-06 Carbine which I never knew Remington produced. The ones I've had were all great accuracy wise.

I like the checkering upgrade on yours.

Being somewhat handy with a checkering tool, I thought about doing that with my 760, but it has sentimental value so will leave as is for the memories. Very nice set-up though, probably one of the most tasteful mods Ive seen on a Remmy pump.

I've had five or six myself through the years and really like these rifles. 18K rounds is a mind blower!

Nice pump!